Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P...
by peoplefromibiza on Sunday September 04, 2022 @05:16AM
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> Funny. Culture is almost everything. If we like it or not, if it's high or low culture
Fair enough, point taken.
I should have phrased it better.
Let's put it this way: Tolkien was an intellectual and a Linguistic Professor, his works have cultural relevance, he was trying to write the new British mythology from the POV of a scholar, he wasn't thinking about writing a best seller to get rich.
Conversely, I love the Terminator, but Terminator has no cultural relevance, it is popular culture or pop culture, it lives among us, yes, but the reason why it exists is entertaining people that go to the movies.
Funny. Culture is almost everything. If we like it or not, if it's high or low culture, that's a huge discussion. But for sure the TV series is culture.
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Cool link! True, the association with light is strong, universally.
Actually, there was also the social class factor in any culture where tanning is highly visible: aristocrats vs everyone else, who had to work outside. No tan = upper class.